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GOP Senators Seek To Cut Health Law Funding

Add Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to the list of lawmakers who wants to cut funding for the 2010 health care law as part of the debate over government funding for the remainder of the fiscal year.

In an interview with radio show host Hugh Hewitt, Rubio said he’ll support legislation to fund the government through Sept. 30 only if it contains language to defund the health law. “This is going to be an implementation disaster. It’s going to hurt our economy severely, and we aren’t spending enough time talking about that,” Rubio said.

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Source: Kaiser Health News

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